Places of worship allowed to have over 50 people according to new guidelines

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin welcomed today's guidelines saying that parishes will work diligently to observe the new norms to ensure people can attend mass safely.

New guidance has been issued for religious services following today's meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Ireland's Covid-19 response.

The committee decided that an assessment should be carried out for each premises to determine how many people can attend while maintaining the required social distance of two metres.